Spearhead (P 263)

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Spearhead (P 263)

Built By:	Cammell Laird (Mersey)
Build Group:	S3

Spearhead (P 263)

Spearhead 1945

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Commanders

1944:

Acting Lieutenant

Roy Edmund Youngman (RNR)

Transferred to Portugal in 1948 and renamed Neptuno

Roll of Honour


Harris, Nathanial D/SSX 23397		Born: 23rd Feb, 1919.
Harris, Nathanial D/SSX 23397		Died: 26th Dec, 1944.
	Able Seaman	Aged: 25
		from Glasgow, Lanarkshire
	The son of Esther Harris (nee Goodson) was lost overboard following an accidental gun explosion.

Events

18-08-1943	Laid Down

02-10-1944	Launched

21-12-1944	Completed

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Length overall	217 ft
Beam	23 ft 6 inch
Depth	11 ft
Diving Depth	350 ft
Speed	Surface 15 knots (design)
	Surface 14.75 knots (service)
	Submerged 10 knots (design)
	Submerged 9 knots (service)
No. of shafts	2
Endurance	Surface: 6000 miles at 10 knots (design)
Armament (i)	6 x 21 inch bow tubes
	1 21 inch stern tube
	(13 torpedoes carried)
	1 x 3 inch gun
	3 x 0.303 inch machine-guns
	1 x 20mm Oerlikon cannon
Complement	5 Officers and 43 Ratings
Note	The armament of submarines of this class varied considerably. For example: 23 boats were fitted with the six bow tubes only; 18 vessels, intended to operate in the Far East, had their 3 inch guns replaced by 4 inch guns; whilst, in some boats, the Oerlikon cannon replaced, rather than supplemented, the three machine-guns.

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